Falcon 4400 User Manual
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Falcon
®
4400 Series with Windows Mobile
®
Table 5. Input States and their Indicators
Icon
State
Keypad
Model(s)
Function
Normal
(Numeric)
Mode
26-key
Present only on keypads with an
<Alpha>
key. It appears when Alpha or CAPS
modes are not on.
Alpha
Mode
26-key
Press
<Alpha>
to enter lower case alpha characters and symbols. When in Alpha
mode, the current alpha character is displayed by a keyboard indicator.
Alpha mode is persistent, which means that the system stays in Alpha mode until
you press
<Alpha>
again.
CAPS
Mode
26-key
Press
<Fn> + <Alpha>
to activate CAPS mode. CAPS mode generates upper
case alpha characters
A
-
Z
.
CAPS mode is persistent; press the
<Fn> + <Alpha>
keys again to generate
lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected.
48-key
52-key
Press
<Fn> + <Shift>
to activate Caps mode. Caps mode generates upper case
alpha characters
A
-
Z
.
CAPS mode is normally persistent; you must press
<Fn> + <Shift>
again to gen-
erate lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected. If CAPS is active,
and SHIFT is active, no icon is displayed.
Fn Mode
26-key
Press
<Fn>
to enter FN mode.
<Fn>
is independent of
<Alpha>
. Use FN mode to access the features and oper-
ations on the keypad.
48-key
52-key
Fn mode converts alpha keys to punctuation and function keys. Fn mode is acti-
vated by pressing
<Fn>
.
Shift
Mode
48-key
52-key
Shift mode converts characters to upper-case letters or punctuation. Activated by
pressing
<Shift>
. This state expires after a normal key is pressed unless
<Shift>
is held down.
Toggles to make the next alpha character capitalized. If Shift state is active when
the Caps State is active, no icon is displayed.
Alt Mode
48-key
52-key
On the 48-key keypad, converts keys to system keys that allow users to access
the menu. Activated by pressing <
Alt>
. This state expires after a normal key is
pressed unless <
Alt>
is held down.
Ctrl Mode
48-key
Set keyboard shortcuts with
<Ctrl>
. You can perform functions such as Save
(
Ctrl-s
) and Find (
Ctrl-f
). Toggle on and off for text formatting (for example,
Ctrl-b
for bold,
Ctrl-i
for italics,
Ctrl-u
for underline).